"Aunt Xu? Aunt Xu!? What happened to you? "The fishmonger saw Xu Zhendi holding the broken newspaper in her hand, as if she had lost her soul, and stood and watched it for a long time without responding, so he couldn't help but wonder and raised his voice to urge." You don't want fish? ”

"Ah, ah, I...... I...... I don't want fish. Xu Zhendi was startled by his suddenly louder voice, and subconsciously clutched the newspaper tightly in her hand, as if she was afraid that the fishmonger would snatch it back.

However, the fishmonger didn't care about the broken newspaper at all, but his eyes widened and he was dissatisfied: "What are you doing? I cleaned it up for you, and cut me half a sky-high price, but you said you didn't want it? How's that going, Aunt Xu. ”

"Ah...... No...... I want it, I want it. Xu Zhendi finally came back to her senses, hurriedly reached out to take out the money, and looked up a little embarrassed after touching it for a long time and asked. How much does it cost? ”

"37 pieces of 5!" The fishmonger replied angrily, he felt that this Aunt Xu was nervous today, and she had a good temper, otherwise she would have scolded her.

"Hey, okay, okay, give you money." At this moment, Xu Zhendi was like discovering some secret treasure, extremely worried that others would notice her, and wanted to disappear immediately, she quickly stuffed the money into the fishmonger's hand, grabbed the newspaper in her hand and turned away.

"Fish!! Don't want fish! The fishmonger collected the money, but found that Xu Zhendi walked several meters without taking the fish, and almost laughed angrily and shouted loudly. This is the old neighborhood, if he is not too familiar, he turned his face and took the fish down, Xu Zhendi probably has no place to reason.

"Oh, oh, I want it, I don't have a good memory when I'm young...... I'm sorry, Xiaoye. Xu Zhendi, who heard the shouting, reacted, quickly turned her head again, walked back and took the plastic bag containing the fish, wanted to stuff it into the vegetable pocket and was afraid of getting wet, the newspaper in her hand is now a treasure, how could she take it to the pad, she was suddenly a little at a loss, she could only grit her teeth and grab it in her hand and hurriedly walked back.

"What's wrong with this Aunt Xu today, she's lost her soul." The fishmonger was stunned for a long time, shaking his head, a little confused.

It is also the central urban area of the metropolis of Donghu, and Quiet, Huixu and Puhuang are prosperous commercial districts and high-end residential areas, while Beizha and Puyang districts are concentrated with a large number of low-income people. Even taxi drivers with an average monthly income of several thousand yuan know: "North Gate, Puyang? That's where the poor man lives. ”

As the "marginal area" of East Shanghai, there are a large number of old brick and wood houses in the North Gate. In the contiguous "shantytowns", there are all kinds of low-income people, such as intellectual youths returning from the frontier and migrant workers, whose economic conditions are relatively poor. According to statistics, 3.6% of the registered population in Beizha District have applied for the minimum living allowance, most of which are the unemployed, the elderly and children, and the "marginal households" here are three times the total number of people who currently enjoy the minimum living allowance.

The Guabo Lane community, located at No. 749 Mutianzhong Road in Beizha District, is a typical example of this, which was a slum area in Donghu 70 or 80 years ago, and the dwarf "rolling cages" were crowded with a large number of homeless poor people. Later, it was transformed into a residential area for industrial workers, and it took on a new look. However, decades have passed, and with the change of times, today's melon bowl lane has become a gathering area for low-income people.

Xu Zhendi had just hurriedly carried fish and vegetables into the low corridor with a look on her face, and she bumped into Qu Meiling, an old neighbor who lived on the second floor.

Qu Meiling is also a middle-aged woman of the same age as her, and when she saw Xu Zhendi hurriedly going upstairs, she shouted with a smile: "Zhendi, I'm back early today." Xu Zhendi turned a deaf ear and didn't react at all, but lowered her head and quickly went up the stairs, making Qu Meiling, who was smiling, stunned.

"This Xu Zhendi, I didn't pay attention to the greetings. What's the big deal, isn't it just that I have a son who is studying abroad, and I still want to take you to the United States, don't even think about it. I heard that it is not too difficult to stay in the United States, and I don't know if I can find a job when I come back to Shanghai. After muttering and muttering for a long time, Qu Meiling felt much more comfortable in her heart, and felt that she was no worse than the other party, so she went out proudly, ignoring the sour taste between her words.

Xu Zhendi, who usually walks vigorously, felt that her heart was beating very hard when she went up the stairs today, and it took a long time to open the door on the fourth floor. This is an old house of more than 50 square meters, which was assigned to her by Xu Zhendi in the factory when she was a representative of the present in the ninetieth year. When my son was still in China, the family of four lived in this small house, and now my son has studied abroad, and my daughter lives in school most of the time, which is a lot more relaxed.

Xu Zhendi hurriedly put down the vegetable bag and poured the fish in the plastic bag into the basin. Suddenly thinking of something, I turned around and went to make sure the door was locked. Only then did he carefully put on his reading glasses and pulled out a neatly folded newspaper to look at. It's a pity that her education level is not high, and she doesn't know many words, she stumbles to read, and she didn't understand what the news said above for a long time, so she could only shake her head helplessly, put it away and hope that her daughter would come back and read it to herself.

This morning, Xu Zhendi was restless and in a trance, and she was a little absent-minded when cooking, and she also burned a pot of vegetables, but fortunately, the braised fish was not ruined.

"Mom, I'm back. The sun is so big today, it's hot to death. Li Xinyi opened the door excitedly, wiped the sweat beads on his head, and picked up the teapot on the table to pour himself a glass of water to drink.

Well? Why is the cup empty, usually when I go home, the water in the kettle is boiled. Li Xinyi felt a little surprised, but she didn't take it to heart, and was about to plug in the electric kettle to boil the water by herself, when she saw Xu Zhendi coming mysteriously, and she didn't speak, she bypassed her first and closed the door.

"Xinyi, come and show your mother, is it written on your brother?" Xu Zhendi mysteriously took out the newspaper.

"Oh, Mom, what's in your pot? The fire hasn't been turned off yet. Li Xinyi couldn't help but feel a little strange when she looked nervous at her mother, and hurriedly reminded her.

Xu Zhendi patted her head, hurriedly turned around and turned off the fire again, the dishes were not fried, and she eagerly pulled Li Xinyi. "Take a look, take a look."

"What, so nervous?" Li Xinyi muttered in her mouth, took the newspaper she handed over, and she didn't know how long it had been dirty, so she frowned and opened it. "Yikes! It's really my brother! ”

"According to the New York Times, young Chinese scientist Bruce Lee sold the patent rights to the new anti-eD drug 'Virida' to Pfizer for $1.08 billion, which became the biggest news ...... this week"

Reading and reading Li Xinyi's eyes widened, almost fascinated, and he didn't remember to read it out loud at all. This can make Xu Zhendi on the side so anxious that she patted her shoulder. "You're going to read it to your mother, is it your brother mentioned above?"

This is a June issue of "Donghu Weekend", Li Jie's news is actually in the corner of the last page, at best it can only be regarded as a tofu block, if it is not accompanied by a photo and the title is relatively strong, it is almost difficult to attract attention. The top of the tofu block is the main content: the new anti-eD drug "Weilida" may be approved for marketing in the second half of the year......

Li Xinyi read almost the entire page of the newspaper, she and Xu Zhendi stared at the blurry photos for a long time, how they looked like their brother Li Jie.

"No, my brother didn't study law, how did he become a scientist? His English name is indeed Bruce. Li Xinyi looked at Xu Zhendi, the two looked at each other, she should be right, but her brother's mathematics and physics didn't seem to be outstanding, and she was a little confused about how she started biopharmaceuticals again.

In fact, you can't blame Li Xinyi's family for being closed to news, although the report on the new drug "Willida" was very popular for a while, but at most it mentioned the Chinese scientist Bruce Lee, and the word Li Jie never appeared at all. Even if it is written by Li Jie, it is estimated that they will have fun at most, and they may not realize that it is their own one. After all, there must be hundreds of thousands of people who call Li Jie this kind of popular name in the world, if not millions, but Li Jie, who has never been interviewed in person, even has very few photos, this one is still a photo from Pfizer's press conference, I don't know how many times it has been reprinted, and it is almost a little deformed.

As for Li Jie, he never mentioned this to them at all, especially in recent months, when he called, he said that he was very busy, and he had less contact with his family. WeChat has basically not been on it, and Li Xinyi is still a little emotional about this matter.